{{Short description|Frontispiece of stupas in Sri Lanka}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} [[File:KantakaChaithyaVahalkada.jpg|thumb|alt=A Vahalkada of Kantaka Cahithya, Mihintale, Sri Lanka|Kantaka Chaithya Vahalkada, Mihintale, Sri Lanka]] A '''vahalkada''' ({{Langx|si|වාහල්කඩ}}), known as a frontispiece in English, is a structure constructed joining a stupa at its four cardinal directions as a decorative flourish. Later, these frontispieces came to be decorated or embellished with designs such as the creeper design. Stone slabs erected for the purpose of offering flower at the stupa too have been added to these frontispieces.<ref name="Social Studies and History Grade 10 National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka">{{cite book|title=Social Studies and History Grade 10|year=2006|publisher=Educations Publications Department, Sri Lanka|pages=141}}</ref>

==See also== *Ancient stupas of Sri Lanka *Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka

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{{Sri Lankan Architecture}} Category:Stupas in Sri Lanka Category:Architecture in Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-hist-stub}}